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The knives shown on this page are available for immediate delivery. If you would like to purchase one, please call or email me to reserve it. We can then make payment and delivery arrangements.

Slim Folding Knife - Vinatge Mexican Coin Handle - D2

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 USlip-joint folding knife with a 3.125" flat ground blade of D2 steel blade. The handle is of Vintage Mexican Copper, Bronze and Nickel Silver Coins. Closed length - 4" Nickel Silver liners and pins. Silver 1926 ten-centavo escutcheon. Geometric pattern file worked blade with thumb grooves. Hand stitched rough-out leather pocket sheath. SOLD 

Swayback jack - vintage mexican coin handle - d2

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Slip-joint folding knife with a 2.25" flat ground blade of D2 steel blade. The handle is of Vintage Mexican Copper, Bronze and Nickel Silver Coins. Closed length - 3.75" Nickel Silver liners and pins. Silver 1926 ten-centavo escutcheon. Geometric pattern file worked blade with thumb grooves. Hand stitched rough-out leather pocket sheath. SOLD

1810 8-reales (imaginary bust) coin knife

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Handmade from a genuine antique silver Ocho-Reales Spanish colonial coin minted in Lima in 1810. Features a likeness of Ferdinand VII.  What's fascinating is the portrait of Ferdinand on the coin. Typically when a new Spanish king came to the throne, portraits were painted and sent out to the mints so that new dies could be cut with the correct likeness. However, Ferdinand VII's ascent to the throne in 1808, was disputed, and so the new portraits were delayed. Instead of waiting, the mint in Peru carved an "imagined" portrait. It's thought that a Peruvian Indian posed for the portrait!

High grade, solid silver coin, precisely split in two, then re-assembled with a miniature spring and two folding blades inside - a sharp cutting blade and a nail file blade.  Three small nickel-silver rivets hold the coin knife together. Comes in a hand stitched leather pouch. Coin in very fine condition. Each side re-enforced with a thin plate of Nickel-Silver. A .925 Silver Keychain, hand made in Merida by Yucatecan jeweler Carlos Canul is available separately for $75 US. Coin Knife - SOLD 

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  • Knife Stories From Mexico
    • Jorge's Father's Anvil
    • Don Primitivo: Machete Maker
    • Don Primitivo - part dos
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    • Assembly Line - a short story by B. Traven
    • Hemingway on Bullfighting
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